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(Apologies for cross-posting) MmIT Conference 2016: Call for papers **Deadline extended until 3rd June** Digital Citizenship : What is the library's role? A conference which explores and discusses several digital citizenship themes and the role and responsibility of the library and the librarian in supporting citizenry in the digital world. The annual conference of the Cilip Multimedia, Information and Technology Group (MmIT) is taking place at the Edge Conference Centre at the University of Sheffield on Monday 12th September and Tuesday 13th September 2016. Digital citizenship is a term often used to describe how people acquire and use their digital and online skills and experiences in order to further achieve and develop in their personal, professional and social roles. MmIT believe that libraries across all sectors play a significant role in supporting and developing digital citizenship with our user communities. With four expert keynote speakers confirmed, the conference seeks to facilitate discussion and the sharing of good practice in answer to some of these questions plus more, with colleagues from across all sectors of the library and information world. 1. How does your library enable electronic participation in society and provide digital access to information, knowledge and scholarship? 2. Does your library support users in their understanding of digital trading and e-commerce? 3. What is your library's role in digital literacy and in helping users to understand the pedagogy of technology and the use of technology in all aspects of life? 4. Do you help your users to navigate digital communication channels and to understand how digital profiles and reputation are developed? 5. Do you make your users aware of their rights and responsibilities and the legalities of operating in a digital word? (Individual online presence, standards of conduct and etiquette)? The conference themes will consist of, your library’s role in: • Digital access and inclusion • Digital literacy • Digital communications (including digital profiles, reputation) • Digital law • Digital security If you or your library has a story to tell about any of these themes, we would love to hear from you and would strongly encourage you to answer our call for papers. The 2016 MmIT conference has the potential to bring together best practice from across all sectors of the library and information profession, and we sincerely hope to receive responses from public libraries, health libraries, academic libraries, commercial libraries, specialist libraries, school libraries and more. If you have an impact on the digital life of your constituents then you have a potential paper or case study to share with us. Submissions can be in the forms of papers or workshops and all will last for 45 minutes (including questions). Please submit your submissions using the pro-formas on this page http://www.cilip.org.uk/multimedia-information-technology-group/news/mmit-conference-2016-call-papers by 5.00 p.m. on Friday 3rd June to [log in to unmask] We will notify all those who submit an abstract, as to whether the submission has been successful or not by the 15th June. All those whose submissions are successful will be invited to present at the conference on either the 12th or 13th September, and the presenter will receive complimentary registration to the conference for the day of their presentation. There will also be a speaker rate for attending the remainder of the conference. To unsubscribe or change your settings please visit www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lis-infoliteracy